Following my recent post on How Aid Can Work, I see that toilets in the
The charity has its tongue very firmly in its cheek, to write things like:
You have no toilets in your basketAnd
Twin your toilet now!Basically, you donate £60 and they send you a framed photo of the latrine your money helped to build. You put this in your downstairs loo and all your friends a) know that you are a right-on kind of person with no hang-ups about bodily functions, and b) have their awareness of the issue raised.
I think it's brilliant. Bog standard, but brilliant.
P.S. I have also learned a new word from this website: diarrhoeal, as in 'diarrhoeal diseases'. That hasn't enhanced my life by much, I have to say.
Most toilets I've seen in the Third World have the end of the loo roll facing towards the hole, but it's a matter of choice. Have you heard about Flying Toilets in Kibera, Kenya? Nothing to do with aeroplanes, unfortunately. But I am impressed with the boldly named Peepoo degradable bag.
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ReplyDeleteWell-spotted about the free end of the toilet roll. I hadn't considered how that is affected by Developing Nation conditions. Do you think I'll get a grant to go and study it?
The research budget is limited to 1p per job, so it's not worth the strain.
ReplyDelete1p? That wouldn't even cover the paperwork.
ReplyDeleteWipe that. I mean, scrub it. I mean, dump it.
Just keep a log.
I must admit it sounds like a load of s*** Richard.
ReplyDeleteAfter spending 10 yrs in the '3rd world' I know that their bogs will never change. Corruption will also stay the same. Not as bad as UK charity corruption but still bad.
I checked Oxfam accounts a few months back and found 4 guys on over £120K and 12 guys on over £60K. For basically pottering about doing naff all.
Try attacking a machine gun post in Helmand for £14K a yaer.
Bloated weasels.